Little Women (2019)
Laura Dern: Marmee March
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Quotes
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Jo March : Perhaps... perhaps I was too quick in turning him down. Laurie.
Marmee March : Do you love him?
Jo March : If he asked me again, I think I would say yes. Do you think he'll ask me again?
Marmee March : But do you love him?
Jo March : I care more to be loved. I want to be loved.
Marmee March : That is not the same as loving.
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Marmee March : [reading Father March's letter] Give them all my dear love and a kiss. Tell them I think of them by day, pray for them by night and find my best comfort in their affection at all times. A year seems a very long time to wait before I see them but remind them that while we wait we may all work, so that these hard days need not be wasted. I know they will be loving children to you, do their duty faithfully, fight their enemies bravely and conquer themselves so beautifully... that when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women.
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Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence : That's my grandfather. Are you scared of him?
Jo March : I'm not scared of anyone! He looks stern, but my grandfather was much more handsome.
Marmee March : Jo! We do not compare grandfathers!
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Jo March : If she had died, it would've been my fault.
Marmee March : She will be fine, the doctor said he didn't even think she'd catch cold.
Jo March : What is wrong with me? I've made so many resolutions and written sad notes and cried over my sins, but it just doesn't seem to help. When I get in a passion, I get so savage I could hurt anyone and I'd enjoy it.
Marmee March : You remind me of myself.
Jo March : But you're never angry.
Marmee March : I'm angry nearly every day of my life.
Jo March : You are?
Marmee March : I'm not patient by nature, but with nearly forty years of effort I'm learning to not let it get the better of me.
Jo March : I'll do the same, then.
Marmee March : I hope you'll do a great deal better than me. There are some natures too noble to curb and too lofty to bend.
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Jo March : When is Amy coming home?
Marmee March : We didn't want to worry her.
Jo March : Does she not know?
Meg March : Beth insisted we not tell her because she didn't want to ruin Amy's trip.
Jo March : Amy has always had a talent for getting out of the hard parts of life.
Marmee March : Jo, don't be angry with your sister...
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Amy March : I'm sorry, Jo.
Marmee March : Amy...
Amy March : It's just that the only thing you care about is your writing so it's not as if I could hurt you by ruining one of your dresses. And I really did want to hurt you. I am the most sorry for it now. I'm so sorry.
Marmee March : Jo, don't let the sun go down on your anger. Forgive her. Help each other, and you begin again tomorrow.
Jo March : She doesn't deserve my forgiveness. I will hate her! I will hate her forever!
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Marmee March : I've spent my whole life ashamed of my country.
Susan Robbins : No offense meant, but you should still be ashamed.
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Marmee March : My girls have a way of getting into mischief.
Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence : So do I.
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Marmee March : Girls have to go into the world and make up their own minds about things.
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Marmee March : Just be who you are - and wear this to the ball. It was mine when I was your age. I've never understood saving jewelry until marriage. You should have something that's just yours. Pretty things should be enjoyed.
Meg March : Yes, pretty things should be enjoyed.
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Marmee March : Where did you get the money?
Jo March : I only sold what was my own.
[removes her hat to reveal her long hair is gone]
Meg March : Jo!
Beth March : Your hair!
Amy March : Your one beauty!
Hannah : You look like a boy.
Jo March : It doesn't affect the fate of the nation, so don't wail.
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Friedrich Bhaer : I thought I might go West. It is new there and they are less particular about immigrants.
Father March : Perhaps I should go West.
Marmee March : You're not an immigrant, so perhaps you should stay home.
